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MDF68874Students in the Munroe Elementary School after-school garden club Anai Carrillo (L) and Jessica Grimaldo chop vegetables to put in a stir-fry dish they would cook in Denver, Colorado. The students learn to grow and prepare healthy meals in the school's garden club with some of the food going to the school's lunch program. Colorado has the second fastest growing childhood obesity rate in the...

House Speaker Boehner reopens debt limit brawl

WASHINGTON--U.S. House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner drew an election-year battle line over the U.S...

Top Republican opposes caps to US missile shield

WASHINGTON--A top Republican in the U.S. Senate urged President Barack Obama on Tuesday to refrain from giving Russia...

In Republicans' push for tax overhaul, popular deductions on the block

MDF66702WASHINGTON--It has been nearly 20 years since President George H.W. Bush lost his bid for re-election after making a...

Obama camp targets Romney firm as job-killing "vampire"

MDF66563WASHINGTON/NEW YORK--President Barack Obama's campaign released a video on Monday calling Mitt Romney's private...

Weary warriors favor Obama

MDF64162COLUMBIA, South Caorlina--Mack McDowell likes to spend time at the local knife and gun show "drooling over firearms,"...

Obama talks gay rights at Clooney fundraiser

page27LOS ANGELES--President Barack Obama called his endorsement of same-sex marriage a "logical extension" of his vision...

More arrests of people linked to bizarre abduction, murder case

NASHVILLE, Tennessee--Four neighbours of a man who authorities say abducted a Tennessee family and killed the mother...

US resumes Bahrain weapons sales despite rights concerns

WASHINGTON--The United States will resume some military sales to Bahrain, a key Gulf ally facing Iran, despite human...

US sues controversial Arizona sheriff over racial profiling

page39PHOENIX--The U.S. Justice Department sued a controversial Arizona sheriff on Thursday for civil rights violations...

Obama places big bet on gay marriage issue

WASHINGTON--President Barack Obama called his decision to support same-sex marriage the result of a personal...

Divorce courts mirror society as more women pay alimony

NEW YORK--Tables have turned in U.S. divorce courts with more women paying their former husbands alimony and child...

Obama: same-sex couples should be able to marry

page28WASHINGTON--After years of "evolving" on the issue, U.S. President Barack Obama said on Wednesday he believes...

Study reveals NYPD frisks young black men too often

NEW YORK--The New York Police Department performed more frisk searches of young black men in 2011 than the total...

US government urged to fight fat at school

WASHINGTON--A coalition of health advocacy groups on Wednesday urged the U.S. government to put more resources into...

Where the Wild Things Are author Sendak dies

page42NEW YORK--American writer and illustrator Maurice Sendak, whose children's book "Where the Wild Things Are" has been...

Dustin Hoffman joins roll-call of star heroes

LONDON--A London lawyer has credited actor Dustin Hoffman for saving his life when he suffered a heart attack while...

Pop artist who created LOVE sued for renouncing artwork

page43bNEW YORK--An 83-year-old artist known for his block letter "LOVE" design that became a symbol of the anti-war...

Would-be suicide bomber was planted, or turned informant

graphicWASHINGTON--The would-be suicide bomber in a plot by al Qaeda's Yemeni affiliate was planted in the group by an...

Veteran Republican defeated in Indiana

page24bINDIANAPOLIS--U.S. Senator Richard Lugar, a 35-year veteran of the Senate and leading foreign policy voice, was...

Half of Americans support legalizing gay marriage

NEW YORK--Half of Americans believe same-sex couples should have the same right to wed as heterosexuals do, slightly...

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Healthy meals
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
Students in the Munroe Elementary School after-school garden club Anai Carrillo (L) and Jessica... Read more...
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What we're drinking!
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Wednesday May 16, 2012
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Notices May 16
Tuesday, 15 May 2012
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Notices May 15
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